next-door

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next door

adv.

To or in the adjacent house, building, apartment, or room.

next′-door′ adj.

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next-door

nextdoor

adj, adv

at, in, or to the adjacent house, flat, building, etc: we live next-door to the dentist; the next-door house.

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next-door

(adv. ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-; adj. -ˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr)

adv.

1. Also, next′ door′. to, at, or in the next house, building, apartment, etc.: go next-door.

adj.

2. situated or living in the next house, building, apartment, etc.: next-door neighbors.

[1475–85]

Translations

next-door

[ˈneksˈdɔːʳ] ADJ next-door flat → piso m de al lado
next-door neighbour → vecino/a m/f de al lado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

next-door

adj the next-door neighbour (Brit) or neighbor (US) → der direkte Nachbar; we are next-door neighbours (Brit) or neighbors (US) → wir wohnen Tür an Tür; the next-door house → das Nebenhaus; the next-door room → das Zimmer nebenan, das Nebenzimmer

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

next-door

[ˌnɛksˈdɔːʳ] adj the next-door house → la casa accanto
my next-door neighbour → il/la mio/a vicino/a di casa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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